Changing the face of Charleston : The unbuilding of the Grace and Pearman Bridges
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April 3, 2007: The last of the last

This is about the last of the last of the cleanup. And in many ways, a sad time for Sparky and myself

A couple of views of the worksite

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The last of the concrete pieces from the Grace base implosion

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Looking back - the lone Pearman pier and a mostly cleared area

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Packing the gravel maker

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The last of the gravel

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The last of the rebar

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The last barge

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The last of the loose ends

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The last flag

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The last pickup-rotate-dump

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The last dump

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the last of the concrete fragments

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The last of Manny

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and the last lift

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Sparky has discovered some new tricks and here are a couple of images he has treated

Drum Island and the Ravenel Bridge, with the Grace and Pearman Bridges

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Preparing for lowering the Pearman mainspan - Feb 17, 2006

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The night before lowing the Pearman mainspan, Feb 21, 2006

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